argue

name

1. A surname.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin arguōder. Old French arguerbor. Middle English arguen English argue From Middle English arguen, from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere (“to declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse”), q.v. for more. Displaced native Old English flītan and reċċan.

1. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.

   “The new increase in crime argues for even tougher jail sentences, according to some.”

   “To have killed Laploshka was one thing; to have kept his beloved money would have argued a callousness of feeling of which I was not capable.”

2. To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.

   “He also argued for stronger methods to be used against China.”

   “He argued as follows: America should stop Lend-Lease convoying, because it needs to fortify its own Army with the supplies.”

3. To have an argument, a quarrel.
4. To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

   “He argued his point.”

   “He argued that America should stop Lend-Lease convoying because it needed to fortify its own Army with the supplies.”

5. To prove.
6. To accuse.